Jon Joseph

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We're Number One! College Football: The top 10 receiving corps in the country WWW.PFF.COM Max Chadwick breaks down the top-10 receiving corps in college football entering the 2024 season.

After the obligatory bow down to the SEC, PFF ranks the Ducks OL the 5th best in CFB. College Football: The top 10 offensive lines in the country WWW.PFF.COM Unlike the other position groups we’ve ranked so far, the strength of an offensive line is dependent on the quality of all the starters rather than just one or two stars. Here are the 10 best offensive...

DanL, I suggest you Duck. I believe that 'things' will become more expensive. ESPN and Fox did not join Warner to form the streaming platform Venu for grins.

The B1G's best players in 2024 from College Football News. https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/2024-preseason-all-big-ten-team-college-football-news-preview 1st Team O - Dillon Gabriel, Tez Johnson, and the 2 C's at OT, Conerly and Cornelius. 1st Team D - Jordan Burch and Jabbar Muhammad. Today's CFB. 5 of the 6 1st team guys are transfers: one, Cornelius, from FCS Rhode Island.

Know thy enemy. O’Gara: 5 thoughts on the SEC’s predicted order of finish for 2024 WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM Let's break down how the media picked the SEC to look in 2024.

The Big Ten Network (BTN) will cover B1G Volleyball Media Days on Monday, August 5th, and Tuesday, August 6th. On two occasions, Oregon Volleyball coach Matt Ulmer appeared on BTN. Oregon will be an official member of the B1G on August 2nd. Oregon volleyball has received more off-court coverage to date on BTN than it received on Larry's Network. Last season, Nebraska Volleyball drew a crowd of 92.000 to a game played in Nebraska's football stadium. Volleyball is huge in the B1G. 92,000 set an all-time record for a Women's sporting event. A subscription to BTN is well worth it. All 18 B1G teams will be represented in the Paris Olympics.

B1G media days begin on Tuesday, 7/23, and run through Thursday, 7/25. Danno is up on Thursday along with the other 'Junior Partner,' coached by Jedd Fisch. The 4 Pac newbies will be a part of B1G media days before officially joining the B1G on August 2nd. The Big Ten Network (BTN) will cover Football Media Days. BTN will broadcast B1G Volleyball media days on August 5th and 6th. Last season Nebraska Volleyball drew 92,000 for a home game played in the Cornhuskers football stadium. Volleyball is huge in the B1G.

A Corny B1G champ? A dark-horse contender for each college football Power Four conference WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Winds of change once again blew through college football this offseason.

If there is an 'open market' for UNC it will be one heck of a battle. UNC checks every box for the B1G and the SEC. The Power 2 has no team in North Carolina, a state projected to have the 5th largest population in the nation in 2030. And BBall wise? UVA? Another market without a P2 team but Maryland for the B1G is close and would UVA bring enough to the bottom line for the B1G and the SEC? As Greg Sankey said recently, 'Why would we want to split what we already have?' Despite B12's Yormark's bluster, two conferences are and will be the future of college athletics.

Good question. Fox shut ESPN out of the LA market after their B12 broadcast 'partner' purloined Oklahoma and Texas. But with ESPN and Fox recently joining Warner to form a streaming entity, Venu, what are today's media battle rules? Similarly, the B1G and the SEC formed an 'advisory group.' Why compete for new properties with Venu on the scene? I think FSU and Clemson did not properly read the marketplace. IMO, Clemson and FSU should have threatened litigation if not given a bigger slice of the media pie and a post-season split of 'you eat what you kill?' I think a whole lot of legal fees may not be recouped. Potential private equity deals have also altered the traditional media income calculus. The B1G and the SEC are on antitrust and interference with a contract tip toes. The Power 2 conferences do not want to be accused of doing anything to crater the ACC. What happens if the B1G adds Notre Dame and UNC after the ACC implodes and the SEC adds two or more teams? Playoff, or a World Series between the P2? If it's the B1G in charge and not Fox, B1G presidents will not invite a non-AAU member school to join the conference. The SEC has the flagship Florida team in Gainesville. And South Carolina is covered by USC (E.) The ACC deal, which ESPN can cancel in February 2025, is perhaps the best the ACC's two biggest brands can score. I am very happy that Puddles caught the last plane out of the Pac-10!

Today, Dan hit a B1G home run on B1G Today! Great appearance by Danno.

The SEC Media, often wrong but never in doubt, predicts the SEC 2024 order of finish. Oklahoma picked to finish eighth in 2024 Preseason SEC Media Poll SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Oklahoma picked 8th in preseason media poll. Oklahoma No. 8 reflects the tough in-conference schedule the Sooners have to play. Texas at No. 2? The Longhorns have one of the SEC's easiest schedules but I think 'the experts' are overrating the transfer talent coming in to replace 11 players drafted in the 2024 draft. WR Bond who transferred in from Alabama had 688 receiving yards in 2023. Silas Bolden? This WR transfer from Oregon State did not light up the Pac-12 in 2023. These 2 guys are automatic to replace 2 Horns WRs who were drafted in the 1st and 2nd rounds? UT also lost its top 2 RBs and 2 DTs drafted in the 1st and 2nd rounds. Will all of those close wins in the B12 last season be wins in the SEC?

Top 25 - What position group has the most preseason questions? Injuries, transfers, roster depth and more: Where each post-spring Top 25 team can improve - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Where can teams improve? Our experts break down weaknesses from each Way-Too-Early Top 25 squad. For Oregon, per ESPN, it's at Safety.

One of many questions to be answered with a 12-team playoff. If you are in contention, do you want to play in a conference champ game? The high-risk, high-reward situation of championship games in expanded Playoff WWW.NYTIMES.COM Will playing in the SEC Championship Game have a negative impact on teams that lose it? That’s a big unknown heading into a 12-team Playoff. Will conference champ games cause a conference, particularly the B1G and SEC, a PO Bid?

2 reasons why Michigan will not win the B1G in 2024. OREGON and Ohio State. Three reasons Michigan can win the Big Ten for the fourth year in a row WWW.MAIZENBREW.COM Michigan may look different this season, but it still has the potential to win the Big Ten again.

Bo knows the Broncos. Analyst guarantees rookie Bo Nix will be Broncos starting QB WWW.YARDBARKER.COM When Broncos training camp starts on July 26, quarterbacks Bo Nix, Jarrett Stidham and Zach Wilson will vie for the starting job. However, is it a true competition? Make it so Bo.

PAWWWWLLL! Say it ain't so! Paul Finebaum names potential doomsday scenario for Alabama WWW.YARDBARKER.COM On Thursday, Paul Finebaum pinpointed an "end of the world" scenario for Alabama ahead of the 2024 season.

Will 2024 be a B1G battle of the Os? Looks like it on paper but games are not won on paper. Emerging Defensive Star is Ohio State's Surprise 'X-Factor' in 2024 FACTORYOFSADNESS.CO Ohio State football has understandably massive expectations, desperate to return to the expanded College Football Playoff under Ryan Day after a trio of 11-2 se

A Michigan board's take on a B1G out-of-conference game. Are the Longhorns all that? Are the Wolverines playoff contenders? It's only the 2nd game of the season but that will not keep us fans from projecting the game results into December. These games are fun but I prefer to see Texas in the PO and not in Week 2. What to Expect When the Texas Longhorns face Michigan football GBMWOLVERINE.COM Wolverines fans have heard the song and dance from their critics for years, that they walk through a cupcake schedule to begin each year before going into confe

ESPN follows many other entities going dark yesterday. I hope Forum friends were not negatively affected. Microsoft, CrowdStrike outage impacts ESPN WWW.SBNATION.COM ‘SportsCenter’ was grounded Friday due to a worldwide computer outage

I feel I owe an apology to OBD members. After reading my earlier comment it comes off as surly which I did not intend.

In these 3 simulations by Yahoo, Oregon is PO 3 for 3. 'EA Sports College Football 25' predicts the 2024 season SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Here are 10 takeaways from the first-ever Yahoo Sports "EA Sports College Football" simulation. The sims Ducks Wire is doing on the Oregon schedule are IMO suspect. Boise will not stay as close as predicted, 3 point game until late in the 4th Q and Danno is not going to hang 80 on the Beavers, even though the SOBs deserve it. The week after OR ST is an off week. If the game is over by the start of the 3rd Q, I think Danno will get as much rest for his starters as he can and get Dante and other youngsters playing time. Ducks Wire is using 10-minute quarters in its sims which takes one-third of game time off the clock.

A lot of legal fees for a lot of nothing? SEC Commissioner Downplays FSU Rumors: We Won't Slice Our Pie into More Pieces BLEACHERREPORT.COM SEC commissioner Greg Sankey doesn't seem to be interested in potentially adding Florida State to the conference amid the school's current legal battle with… Of course, I'm sure Sankey and Petitti have been warned about 'tampering' litigation.

A well-deserved honor for Saint Nick. Report: Nick Saban to Have Field Named After Him at Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium BLEACHERREPORT.COM The field at Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium will be named after legendary former football head coach Nick Saban, according to ESPN's Chris Low. Per Low,…